Harvester



(No Model.)

M. KIMBERLIN.

HARVESTER.

No. 482,924. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON KIMBERLIN, OF NABB, INDIANA.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,924, datedSeptember 20,1892.

Application filed September 29, 1890. erial No. 366,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILTON KIMBERLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nabb, in Scott county, Indiana, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Grain-Harvester Attachments, of which the'following is a specification.

My device is intended to present the cut grain and straw to the packerand binding devices in the best form and arrangement for accurate andcertain binding. I attain this object by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a top View of abinder-table of ordinary construction upon which is situated my device,as represented by letter E. Fig. 2 is a top view of a sheet of suitablematerial, cut to such a shape that it can be pressed into a formillustrated in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a View from beneath of my device asready for attachment to the table. Fig. 4 is a side view of a binder,partly in section and partly plain, but with my device properly shaded.Fig. 5 is a cross-section of my device.

Similar lettersreferto similar parts throughout the several views.

Upon the upper surface of the binder-table of usual form I place threeof my devices, one near the butter-board, one near the headerboard, andone midway. All have their larger ends cupped out, so as to project overand conform to the curved surface of the elevator-roll a. Thisconformity is preserved over at least a quadrant of the curved surfaceof the roller, and the space between the roller and the device isreduced as much as is consistent with safety. The curved surface of thedevice is about on a level with the elevator-roller, but, owing to itsflexible character, by flaring or compressing it may be made higher orlower than the roller.

My devices are from ten to twelve inches in length, these lengths beingdependent-on the size of the table. The device, which is in the middleof the table, however, is expected to extend down between thepacker-slots d d and close up to the needle-slot 6.

My devices may be attached to the table by bolts, nails, or screws, andare to be made of some suitable flexible material which offers littleresistance in the way of friction to the passage of such materials asstraw and grain.

It will be observed that my devices support the cut grain and strawabove the table-surface. Thus supported the straw moves down toward thepackers smoothly and uniformly. The straw is also kept entirely betweenthe header-board b and the butter-board c. If the straw were not sosupported, some of thestraws might get under the header and butterboards and choke the machine. This might occur the more readily as theseboards are attached at but one end, so as to accommodate the passage ofstraws of varying length. This necessitates a hinge attachment, and thefree ends of the boards are not so rigidly attached but that a verticalmovement sufficient for the passage of one or more straws might at anymoment occur.

I find both in theoryand practice that by the intervention of my deviceI can deliver straw to the packers more smoothly, uniformly, andaccurately, and, also, by the elevated position in which it issupported, reduce chokage and obstruction to a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as my own, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

-1. An improved attachment to the table of a grain-harvesting machine,which consists of supports for the straw as it is conveyed to thepackers, consisting of curved sheets of suitable material, flanged topermit of their attachment to a wooden table, and cupped so as toproject partially over the rollers of said table, all substantially asdescribed.

2. An improved attachment for grain-harvesters, consisting of thesupports E, attachable by screws, bolts, or nails to the table of theharvester and constructed of material 0 which is flexible and aifordslittle friction, all as described.

MILTON KIMBERLIN.

Witnesses:

NOBLE J. HAYES, J. O. BENKERT.

